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Let’s look at a scenario where, in USD, we have an entity called Entity A, that has a one to many relationship with an entity called Entity B. Entity A has a subgrid on a form to Entity B. In USD, when a user clicks on the subgrid to create a new Entity B, it should open a new tab for Entity B so a user can enter that information … Continue reading Pattern to Open a Subgrid Record in a New Tab in USD
In this post, we will look at what type of relationship is created by a lookup. Let’s say we have 2 custom entities, Table A and Table B: Now, let’s add a lookup on Table A, to Table B. We create a new column, and set the type to lookup and select Table B: Now, on Table A, if we go to Relationships, we see the table is a Many … Continue reading Which Relationship is Created by Lookups in Dynamics 365
In Unified Service Desk, we can use Toolbar buttons to perform actions in the application. For example here we have toolbar buttons in the main application: Now let’s say we want to hide and show these buttons based on certain values. For example, if the user is based in the US, and the Maps application is loaded, we may want to show a button that allows us to open a … Continue reading USD Toolbar Button Visibility and Replacement Parameter Logic
In Dynamics 365, there are several ways to use Excel to analyze data. In this post, we will look at the various different options. Let’s start with a view of All Accounts. Note we’re displaying this in the Sales Hub app. The logic applied to the web client as well. In the toolbar, we have several Excel options, including: Excel Templates Export to Excel Open in Excel Online Static Worksheet … Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About Using Microsoft Excel with Dynamics 365
When downloading a spreadsheet from Dynamics 365, you may run into the problem: Unable to open https://xxxxx.crm.dynamics.com/_grid/print/print_data.aspx?tweener=1. Cannot download the information you requested: To resolve this, in Internet Explorer options, uncheck “Do not save encrypted paged to disk”: Click OK and click Refresh All: If this doesn’t resolve the issue, or you get the issue: “This web query returned no data. To change the query, click OK, click the arrow … Continue reading Error Connecting to Dynamics 365 from Excel, Cannot Download the Information you Requested
We can use JavaScript to connect to Dynamics 365 and set and retrieve a lookup id and value. Let’s say on an Account, we have the Owner field, which is a lookup: We would like to set the value of this lookup field through JavaScript. Let’s say we want to set it to another system user, Alan Steiner. To set the value, we will need to know Guid of Alan’s … Continue reading Set and Retrieve a Lookup Id and Value using Xrm.WebApi
In this post we will look at how to create and add a USD Debugger to a USD installation. We will add it to the USD toolbar, on the top right: The steps we will perform: Create a Debugger hosted control. Find where the toolbar will sit in the XAML panel layout. Create a toolbar container for this panel. Create a toolbar for this toolbar container. Add the toolbar button. Add … Continue reading Create and Add Debugger to the Menu in Unified Service Desk
To change the font size of a Power BI report: Select a visualization and on the right go to the Format tab: To change the Column Header size, expand Column Headers. You will see Text Size: For the actual values, expand Values and find Text Size: You will see the font size change:
Power BI Dataflows are a feature of Power BI that allows organizations to unify data from various sources, prepare the data for consumption, and publish for users to consume in Power BI. Dataflows connect to multiple familiar data sources such as Excel, Dynamics 365, Salesforce and databases, then transform the data within a web browser so it is ready for use in reports and dashboards. The end result is a … Continue reading What Are Power BI Dataflows and How to Use Them (with Dynamics 365 and Common Data Model)
Let’s look at how to hide a field in a Power BI Report. First, let’s create a report and add some data. Open Power BI Desktop, and let’s click on Enter Data. We will create 2 columns, Customer Id and Customer Name. Enter the data and click Load: We now have the 2 fields in our report: Let’s hide the Customer Id field. Right-click it and select hide: The field … Continue reading Hiding Fields in a Power BI Report and Service